ER

Doctors labor to save lives in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital.

ER

Parental Guide

Excellent, but the ER is no place for children.

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Parents need to know that this intense medical drama with graphic situations (lots of blood and surgeries) and mature storylines isn't for young audiences. Death, disease, and physical injuries are in every episode. Rape, neglect, physical abuse, spousal abuse, teen pregnancy, abortion, and incest have all been plots, sometimes involving young kids and teens; some patients have serious psychological ailments. The sexual relationships between doctors are often at the center of the drama. Parents will want to watch with their teens and be prepared for a follow-up conversation. If you allow your teens to watch, make sure they're comfortable seeing gross visuals of blood and surgeries.

Season 15 Episode 20:

Shifting Equilibrium

Season 15 Episode 19:

Old Times

Neela and Sam are stunned when they return to the airport with transplant organs, only to find their plane left without them; Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle) gets a surprise visit from an old friend (Eriq La Salle) while waiting for his kidney transplant.

Season 15 Episode 15:

The Family Man

Season 15 Episode 14:

A Long, Strange Trip

Morris and Gates treat an older man who was assaulted on the street; Sam gets a surprise visit from her sister; Dr. Morgenstern (William H. Macy) visits County General when he discovers an old mentor is ill.

Season 15 Episode 7:

Heal Thyself

Dr. Banfield tries to save a 3-year-old girl who nearly drowned in a lake; Gates tries to pull some strings to help a homeless war hero; Dr. Banfield remembers an experience at County when Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) was treating her son.

Season 15 Episode 3:

The Book of Abby

Neela learns Abby's good news secondhand and is upset; the new chief, Catherine Banfield, and Abby disagree on how to treat a gunshot victim; Abby defends Sam when she goes before a nurses disciplinary board.

Season 15 Episode 2:

Another Thursday at County

Dr. Banfield's arrival and attitude causes the ER staff to feel defensive; Gates and the new interns risk their lives saving a terrorist; Neela discovers an unexpected advocate in her fight to get Dr. Dubenko back on the surgery staff.

Season 15:

Retrospective

Season 14 Episode 19:

The Chicago Way

Gates worries that his relationship with Sam is not as serious as he thought; a drunken, mysterious patient (Steve Buscemi) threatens the safety of everyone at County General; Kovac is shocked when Moretti (Stanley Tucci) pays him a visit.

Season 14 Episode 18:

Tandem Repeats

The hospital psychologist works with Morris after his run-in with jewelry thieves; Neela is frustrated when Sheryl (Aida Turturro) needs a fourth surgery for her infection; Abby struggles with a decision when she is offered a new job.

Season 14 Episode 17:

Under Pressure

Pratt decides to fight for his relationship with Bettina, despite her reluctance; Neela treats a young couple but quickly discovers their criminal status; Abby is afraid her relationship with Kovac is over.

Season 14 Episode 16:

Truth Will Out

Neela finds out the aorta surgery on Sheryl Hawkins (Aida Turturro) has caused an infection; Abby discovers a serious condition while treating a beaten teen; Kovac struggles to forgive Abby for her indiscretion.

... As the Day She Was Born

Season 14 Episode 14:

Owner of a Broken Heart

Dr. Brenner refuses to teach the interns; Gates treats a young patient with major heart trouble; Abby considers telling Kovac the truth about her affair as she heads to Croatia; Sam finds out that Gates and Julia have broken up.

Season 14 Episode 10:

300 Patients

Luka and Abby make plans to go to Croatia after his father dies; a man (Peter Fonda) comes to the hospital after his wife's car accident and meets someone from his past; Julia holds a service to bless the ER and patients who have been lost.

Season 14 Episode 9:

Skye's the Limit

Abby feels uncomfortable when Luka's brother visits from Croatia; Gates feels the pressures of fatherhood when Sarah decides to host a sleepover; the appointment of a temporary head of the ER upsets Pratt.

Season 14 Episode 8:

Coming Home

Gates and Julia nurture their newfound romance, but a troubling phone call interrupts them; the other doctors notice that Abby is off her game; Harold saves the day in a critical situation; Kovac returns a day early.

Season 14 Episode 7:

Blackout

Season 14 Episode 6:

The Test

Morris and Pratt cram for their medical boards when Morretti brings in a new attending physician (Kari Matchett) to help with the load; Sam and Abby work on an attention-hungry patient who comes into the ER with elusive symptoms.

Gravity

Season 14 Episode 3:

Officer Down

When a teenage wrestler comes into the ER with severe vomiting, Pratt discovers that the cause of the problem is very serious; Gates tries to help a child with a deadly disease; two volunteer police officers come in with gunshot wounds.

Season 14 Episode 2:

In a Different Light

Season 14 Episode 1:

The War Comes Home

Abby, Pratt and Morris try to figure out how to handle Dr. Morretti's strict new ER procedures; Gates frantically tries to find out what happened to Neela; Gates finds out that a patient was responsible for the explosion at an anti-war rally.

Season 13 Episode 19:

Family Business

Kovac and Gates must deal with the frightened father (Robert Prosky) of a young man with heart failure; a man (Ken Davitian) risks his own life to be a good Samaritan; Pratt tries to make up with his brother.

Season 13 Episode 16:

Crisis of Conscience

Gates and Kovac find themselves in a moral dilemma when a woman comes in with acute liver failure; Manish decides to give up a kidney for a stranger; Ray fights to find out the truth about a cheerleader's fall.

Season 13 Episode 15:

Dying Is Easy

Abby and Sam treat an obnoxious aspiring comic (Freddy Rodríguez) who has mysterious symptoms; Pratt finds himself in trouble as he is questioned about the death of a patient; Neela scrubs in on a kidney-donor surgery.

Season 13 Episode 13:

A House Divided

Kovac is jealous when Abby pays a lot of attention to a patient; Meg (Paula Malcomson) pulls a stunt when Gates moves out of the apartment; the authorities want to arrest Pratt after one of his patients dies.

Season 13 Episode 12:

Breach of Trust

Pratt and Hope question whether they are responsible when a patient dies after being prescribed the wrong medication; Meg comes to County General and angrily confronts Gates and Neela about their relationship.

Season 13 Episode 11:

City of Mercy

Gates betrays the trust of a homeless boy seeking help for his friend; Curtis Ames (Forest Whitaker) gets a restraining order against Kovac; Neela gets the chance to be part of a special holiday miracle.

Season 13 Episode 9:

Scoop and Run

Season 13 Episode 8:

Reason to Believe

Abby and Kovac argue about a diagnosis when a woman comes to the ER with signs of spousal abuse; Gates, Abby and Neela must quickly determine a child's ailment when a group of confused homeless kids enters the ER.

Season 13 Episode 5:

Ames vs. Kovac

Season 13 Episode 4:

Parenthood

Gates is stuck in a complicated living situation; Abby and Kovac consider hiring help as they juggle work and the new baby; Neela is disappointed when Dr. Crenshaw (J.P. Manoux) assigns menial jobs instead of surgical procedures.

Season 13 Episode 3:

Somebody to Love

Pratt assumes his new role as attending but must deal with the new interns; Gates' patient is an older man with congestive heart failure, whose partner (John Mahoney) fights with the man's family to keep him alive.

Season 13 Episode 2:

Graduation Day

Abby's overbearing mother arrives at the hospital to comfort her and Dr. Kovac as their son's life lies in peril; Sam fears she will be arrested; Tony Gates makes a risky decision with an overdosed teen; Neela gets drunk.

Season 12 Episode 3:

Man With No Name

Season 12 Episode 2:

Nobody's Baby

An infant's life hangs in the balance when a surrogate mother makes a dramatic decision after being injured in a car crash; Pratt is forced to deal with his feelings about the past after he encounters his estranged father (Danny Glover).

Season 11 Episode 20:

You Are Here

Newly appointed chief resident Morris clashes with Pratt as they deal with casualties from a fire at an apartment building; Lewis takes out on Carter her frustrations about not getting tenure, and Weaver's attempts to calm Lewis make things worse.

Season 11 Episode 19:

Ruby Redux

An 85-year-old patient (Red Buttons) accuses Dr. Carter of killing his wife more than 10 years earlier; Dr. Pratt helps a victim of domestic violence and winds up making a date with the social worker assigned to her case.

Season 11 Episode 18:

Refusal of Care

A woman on a hunger strike refuses treatment until she has assurance that the INS will grant her son a new hearing on his deportation; Abby suspects a patient is a victim of elder abuse, but she is unable to find proof.

Season 11 Episode 15:

Alone in a Crowd

Season 11 Episode 14:

Just as I Am

Dr. Weaver meets her birth mother (Frances Fisher), but their budding relationship changes when Weaver reveals that she is gay; Dr. Carter causes a commotion when he confronts a couple hoping to scam some painkillers.

Season 11 Episode 13:

Middleman

Pratt finds a suspicious gash across the chest of a boy he is examining; Kovac treats a man who was shot when he confronted his boss with a gun; Jake tries to convince Abby that his student status shouldn't keep them from dating.

Season 11 Episode 12:

The Providers

Carter treats a kidney transplant patient who appears to be having a reaction to a new drug, and when he asks Neela to post questions about the pill's side effects on the Internet, the pharmaceutical company causes an uproar.

Season 11 Episode 9:

'Twas the Night

Season 11 Episode 8:

A Shot in the Dark

The 15-year-old son of a wounded police officer must make a life-or-death decision; Abby tries to convince a girl with appendicitis to have surgery at County General, but her father wants her transferred elsewhere.

Season 11 Episode 5:

An Intern's Guide to the Galaxy

Season 11 Episode 4:

Fear

The staff treats two small children who fell from a third-story window; Pratt treats a man with an unsightly rash that turns out to be lung cancer; Corday receives discipline for performing an HIV-positive organ transplant.

Season 11 Episode 3:

Try Carter

The girlfriend of a brain-dead biker with HIV wants to donate his organs to a friend, who is also infected with HIV; Abby orders a drug test on Ray's patient; Corday confronts Weaver over her choice of a surgeon.

Season 11 Episode 2:

Damaged

Season 11 Episode 1:

One for the Road

Pratt, facing gunfire, loses control of his vehicle, trapping himself and his passengers under water; Dr. Weaver stops a police officer from performing a body search on a young woman; Dr. Carter and Kem deal with their child's remains.

Season 10 Episode 20:

Abby Normal

Season 10 Episode 19:

Just a Touch

A woman accuses Dr. Pratt of sexual harassment; Neela studies strokes in a laboratory with brainy but bizarre graduate students; Sam tries to resist the appeal of her son's father (Cole Hauser); Weaver vows to fight for her baby boy.

Season 10 Episode 16:

Forgive and Forget

Season 10 Episode 15:

Blood Relations

Claustrophobic Neela accompanies a poisoned newborn into a hyperbaric chamber; Lewis and Abby treat a man covered in blood; a boy tests positive for leukemia; Chen returns from China with her sick father in tow.

Season 10 Episode 13:

Get Carter

Dr. Carter's inquisitive girlfriend (Thandie Newton) makes an impact as she observes hospital operations; Gallant is almost shot during a domestic dispute; Weaver dedicates a center to the memory of Dr. Romano.

Season 10 Episode 8:

Freefall

Season 10 Episode 7:

Death and Taxes

Dr. Lewis plans a home-cooked dinner for Hollander (Bob Newhart); Neela and Pratt treat a young man who was attacked in jail; Gallant gambles with the risky transfer of a patient; Sam brings her precocious son to the hospital for a day.

Season 10 Episode 6:

The Greater Good

Dr. Kovac opposes Pratt's efforts to save the life of a premature baby; a pharmaceutical representative makes the rounds offering up samples; a psychiatrist prescribes drugs to an abused child; a man protests his exorbitant bill.

Season 10 Episode 4:

Shifts Happen

During the graveyard shift, Dr. Pratt treats a man who has lost the power of speech and a boy who has swallowed a quarter; a screaming man with a broken leg is kept waiting for several hours; Corday warms up to Dr. Dorset (Bruno Campos).

Season 10 Episode 2:

The Lost

Season 10 Episode 1:

Now What?

Abby greets Carter with hostility upon his return from the Congo; a British medical student causes a stir; Pratt tries to help an HIV-infected patient obtain insurance; a woman and her children are injured in a car crash.

Season 9 Episode 6:

One Can Only Hope

Season 9 Episode 5:

A Hopeless Wound

Dr. Corday operates on a man who has a flesh-eating infection; Pratt takes offense at some of the Halloween costumes he sees in the ER; a new surgical intern (Don Cheadle) has a daunting physical handicap.

Walk Like a Man

Season 9 Episode 3:

Insurrection

A patient pulls a gun on Dr. Chen and other staff members, prompting Dr. Carter to lead a walkout when his request for metal detectors is delayed; Dr. Kovac treats an HIV-infected boy whose parents spark his curiosity.

Season 8 Episode 13:

Damage Is Done

Season 8 Episode 12:

A River in Egypt

An injured and condemned murderer (Cyril O'Reilly) wants to die in the ER rather than await execution; Abby advises a neighbor (Christina Hendricks) to seek shelter from her abusive husband (Matthew Settle).

Season 7 Episode 7:

Rescue Me

Season 7 Episode 6:

The Visit

A woman suffering from manic depression arrives at the hospital claiming to be Abby's mother, but she refuses to have anything to do with her. Meanwhile, Corday makes a rash decision before leaving for holiday, and Benton is angered by the death of his nephew. Medical drama, guest starring Sally Field, with Maura Tierney and Alex Kingston

Season 1 Episode 3:

Day One

Season 1 Episode 2:

24 Hours

Pilot episode of the popular medical drama set in the emergency ward of a Chicago hospital, charting the everyday hassles and heroism of its staff. Greene wrangles with a big career decision, while Benton gets into hot water performing unauthorised surgery. Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle and Noah Wyle star.